Margaret Ball
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Margaret Ball is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for collaborating with Anne McCaffrey on works in the *Ship Who Sang* universe and writing several other genre novels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Margaret Ball canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18901195 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Ball Context triple: [The Ship Who Sang series, coAuthor, Margaret Ball]
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A.
Margaret Gill
Margaret Gill was the wife of renowned 19th-century African American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge.
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B.
Margaret Welsh
Margaret Welsh is an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Margaret Lickford
Margaret Lickford was the wife of English film and stage actor H. B. Warner, known for his roles in early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Margaret Hughes
Margaret Hughes is a historical figure best known as one of the first professional English actresses to perform on the public stage in the 17th century.
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E.
Margaret Whigham
Margaret Whigham, later known as Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, was a prominent British socialite whose glamorous lifestyle and highly publicized divorce scandal made her one of the most notorious figures of mid-20th-century high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Margaret Ball Target entity description: Margaret Ball is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for collaborating with Anne McCaffrey on works in the *Ship Who Sang* universe and writing several other genre novels.
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A.
Margaret Gill
Margaret Gill was the wife of renowned 19th-century African American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge.
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B.
Margaret Welsh
Margaret Welsh is an American actress known for her work in film, television, and theater.
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C.
Margaret Lickford
Margaret Lickford was the wife of English film and stage actor H. B. Warner, known for his roles in early Hollywood cinema.
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D.
Margaret Hughes
Margaret Hughes is a historical figure best known as one of the first professional English actresses to perform on the public stage in the 17th century.
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E.
Margaret Whigham
Margaret Whigham, later known as Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, was a prominent British socialite whose glamorous lifestyle and highly publicized divorce scandal made her one of the most notorious figures of mid-20th-century high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
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